11-Year-Old Obese Boy Set On Fire In A Desperate Measure To Lose Weight

11-Year-Old Obese Boy Set On Fire In A Desperate Measure To Lose Weight

In a bizarre bid to lose weight, a young obese Chinese boy weighing 23 stone has been set on fire as part of a treatment at the Changchun Kangda Hospital.

11-year-old Li Hang suffers from a rare condition called Prader-Willi Syndrome, a rare disorder involving obsessive eating, learning difficulties and growth abnormalities. At the age of 4, he weighed 6.7 stone which is 2.5 times the weight of other children in the same age bracket.Li undergoes traditional Chinese medicine treatment after suffering the rare condition from the age of three.